AR-15 Recommendations Needed

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COLT !! Except for the FN, Colt is the only Department of Defense inspected manufacture. I don't mean a small department like DEA which doesn't have the the same rigorous inspections as our Department of Defense. The first one I was issued had the "happy switch". As long as you took care of and clean it properly, it wouldn't miss a lick. Uhhhhhhh????, that was, ummmm, 44 years ago. I've had my Colt M4 Match Target AR for quite a few years, replacing the Bushmaster.

Oh, that's me with my Colt M16A1 at a forward NDP some where in the land of the big rice paddies.

"To my mind it is wholly irresponsible to go into the world incapable of preventing violence, injury, crime, and death. How feeble is the mindset to accept defenselessness. How unnatural. How cheap. How cowardly. How pathetic." Ted Nugent

Proven combat techniques may not be flashy and may require a bit more physical effort on the part of the shooter. Further, they may not win competition matches, but they will help ensure your survival in a shooting or gunfight on the street. ~Paul Howe

"To my mind it is wholly irresponsible to go into the world incapable of preventing violence, injury, crime, and death. How feeble is the mindset to accept defenselessness. How unnatural. How cheap. How cowardly. How pathetic." Ted Nugent

Proven combat techniques may not be flashy and may require a bit more physical effort on the part of the shooter. Further, they may not win competition matches, but they will help ensure your survival in a shooting or gunfight on the street. ~Paul Howe

"To my mind it is wholly irresponsible to go into the world incapable of preventing violence, injury, crime, and death. How feeble is the mindset to accept defenselessness. How unnatural. How cheap. How cowardly. How pathetic." Ted Nugent

Oh, that's me with my Colt M16A1 at a forward NDP some where in the land of the big rice paddies.

Rambosky had been hunting for an excuse to post that picuture for years! Neat pic. I started reading it because I still don't have anything but my AK. I'm still trying to figure out all of the code-words and abbreviations ya'll use.

"He went on two legs, wore clothes and was a human being, but nevertheless he was in reality a wolf of the Steppes. He had learned a good deal . . . and was a fairly clever fellow. What he had not learned, however, was this: to find contentment in himself and his own life. The cause of this apparently was that at the bottom of his heart he knew all the time (or thought he knew) that he was in reality not a man, but a wolf of the Steppes."

Rambosky had been hunting for an excuse to post that picuture for years! Neat pic. I started reading it because I still don't have anything but my AK. I'm still trying to figure out all of the code-words and abbreviations ya'll use.

I really like your neat avatar pic. I don't quite use that much makeup, just a little eye brow liner.

look into the newer Gas piston models . They are the same platform but more reliable and much long lasting few on the market this is an excellent one.
Of course the link shows they high end model they have lower cost ones. Amazing how clean they stay when firing. This is the route you will see the Platform going in.Huldra &#0187; Rifles &#0187; Huldra 5.56 X-PRE 1

Code words! That's funny, some time in the past year I replied to a thread and one member asked what all that stuff meant, so I made up a huge list. It's floating around here somewhere.

As for piston ARs… Did you know, the current DI is actually a piston. Interesting stuff MistWolf posted on m4carbine about it.

For me, they don't offer any advantage. I sold my LWRC REPR and LMT MRP but still have an 8" LWRC PSD which is a decent little rifle. I tried them and found that the parts commonality was a downside as well as the lack of hand guard options and weight, in comparison. I have so many rounds through quality DI guns in normal to extremely adverse conditions, both long and short barrels, suppressed and not, semi and full auto, that I have absolute 100% faith in quality DI M4s whether they're filthy or clean.

I do have a SCAR 16 and 17 (Light and Heavy). The 16 is great, but I prefer my ARs. The 17 on the other hand is an incredible 7.62 rifle that is extremely accurate and will put up with anything.

I'm not opposed to piston ARs, they just don't offer anything for me that a DI AR does not, and I've put thousands of rounds through them in less than idea conditions to figure this out for myself. I have no need for a piston AR, and I run short barrels and suppressors. I do understand though how there are benefits with something like an HK 416 when looking at 10.5", suppressed and full auto. Again though, if there is a benefit, it's very small. My 10.5" LMT DI rifle will do anything I ask of it.

On the other hand, if it's something like a SCAR or AK, I'll happily buy a piston rifle.

Proven combat techniques may not be flashy and may require a bit more physical effort on the part of the shooter. Further, they may not win competition matches, but they will help ensure your survival in a shooting or gunfight on the street. ~Paul Howe